The bamA gene for anaerobic ring fission is widely distributed in the environment

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Porter, Abigail W ^a   Young, Lily Y ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

6 oxocylcohex 1 ene 1 carbonyl CoA hydrolase; Anaerobic benzoyl CoA pathway; Anaerobic hydrocarbon biodegradation; bamA gene; Monoaromatic degradation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BAMA GENE; CARBON CYCLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84885410828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00302     Document Type: Article

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